Cap



g- 1931- w. I. SILVERSTEIN 1,818,764

CAP

Filed Dec. 13, 1929 I INVENTOR.

, mlbam I $1 l/eraieziw Patented Aug. 11, 1931 UNITED STATES WILLIAM I.SILVERSTEIN, OF BROQKLYN, NEW YORK CAP Application filed December 13,1929. Serial No. 413,702.

This invention relates to caps and particularly to devices of this classemploying removable crown portions to facilitate the cleaning orlaundering of such crown por- 6 tions; and the object of the inventionis to provide an improved means for detachably mounting the crownportion of a cap of the class described with the head encircling bandthereof in such manner as to facilitate the quick attachment anddetachment of the crown portion and to maintain said crown portion inproper position upon the head encircling band; .a further object beingto provide the upper edge of the head encircling band with a spring ringflexibly coupled with said band in such manner that the ring is disposedabove the upper edge of the band and is of greater circumferentialdimensions than said band; a further object being to provide the loweredge portion of the crown of the cap with a non-stretchable bandfacilitating the proper fitting of the crown upon the head encirclingband portion of the cap; and with these and other objects in View, theinvention consists in a cap of the class and for the purpose specifiedwhich is simple in construction, efiicient in use and which isconstructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views. and in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one formof cap made according to my invention with part of the constructionbroken away.

Fig. 2 is a transverse, sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. l; and,

Fig. 3 is a side and sectional View of the crown portion of a cap,detached.

My invention relates primarily to what are known as officer. caps orcaps used in conjunction with uniforms of various kinds and classes. InFig. 1 of the drawing, I have shown one form of cap of this class whichconsists of a head encircling member 5 made up of an outer finishingband 6, an inner sweat band 7 and intermediate filling and stiffeningbands 8. At the front part of the member 5 is attached the usual peak 9which is pref erably composed of rigid or'semi-rigid material and thehead encircling band or member 5 is ornamented by a front strip 10detachably or otherwise attached to the side is a coupling strip 16, thematerial of which is preferably cut on the b-iasin order to render thesame flexible, and this strip extends above the upper edges of the bands6 and 8 and is formed into a loop in which is arranged a spring ring 17,the diameter of which is greater than the diameter of the band 6 so asto arrange said ring readily beyond said band and form between the ringand the upper edge of the bands 6 and 8 an annular-pocket or recess 18in which the strip 15 and lower edge of the wall 14 of the crown 12 areadapted to be placed as clearly seen in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawingsoasto form a neat and finished appearance between the crown and headencircling member or band-5.

In the construction shown, the ring 17 is formed from'a strand of wire,"the ends of which are joined as seen at 1741, but it will be understoodthat strip material of any kind or class may be employed' in'formingthis ring, and when the. crown 12 has been assembled, the ring 17 servesto retain said crown against displacement from the band 5 and yetfacilitates the forcible removal of the crown when it is desired/toclean or launder the same. 1 a Y I Incaps of the class described,.thecrown portions are usually composed of white duck, linen or othermaterial, and by virtue of the color thereof become soiled and requirelaundering from time to time. It will be understood, however, that anysuitable material may be employed in the crown to facilitateinterchanging of the crown portions whenever desired, and for anypurpose. In reion placing the crown upon the band 5, this result may bereadily accomplished by flexing the sides of the cap inwardly andplacing the front and rear ends of the rink 7 within the lower edgeportion of the crown and then allowing the sides to flex outwardly toproper position. By pulling upwardly upon the side wall 14: of thecrown, the strip 15 will find its proper position in the annular recessor pocket 18.

It will be understood that while I have shown one form of cap toillustrate one use of my invention, that I am not necessarily limited inthis respect, and various other changes in and modifications of theconstruction herein shown and described may be made within the scope ofthe appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention orsacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a cap, a head encircling band, means adjacent the upper edge ofsaid band for forming a relatively small annular recess openingoutwardly at the upper edge'of said band, a crown detachable withrespect to said band, said crown including a depending wall member, thelower edge of which is provided 9 with a non-extensible strip adapted tobe arranged in said recess in coupling the crown with said band, saidmeans involving a spring ring adapted to be arranged within the crownadjacent the non-extensible strip at the lower 5 edge thereof, to retainsaid crown against accidental displacement from said band.

2. In a peaked cap, a head encircling band, a crown portion including adepending annular wall, said crown portion being detachable with respectto the upper edge of said band, a spring ring flexibly attached to andarranged adjacent and above the upper edge of said band and cooperatingwith the lower edge of the depending wall of said crown por- 5 tion tohold the same adjacent and against displacement from said band,-and thediameterof said ring being greater than the out side diameter of saidband.

3. In a peaked cap, a head encircling band including inner and outermembers and a sweat band, a crown portion including a depending annularwall, said crown portion being detachable with respect to the upper edgeof said band, a spring ring flexibly attached to the inner member ofsaid band and arranged above the upper edge thereof and cooperating withthe lower edge of the depending wall of said crown portion to hold 60the same against displacement from said band. i I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname this 5th day of December, 1929.

'5 WILLIAM I. SILVERSTEIN.

